Curated category
Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
- James StewartJames Stewart gave away his only competitive Academy Award. He won Best Actor for the 1940 romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story, then handed the statuette…
- James McDivittJames Alton McDivitt Jr. was born on the 10th of June 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he earned the rank of Tenderfoot…
- Stuart RoosaStuart Allen Roosa was born on the 16th of August 1933 in Durango, Colorado. He grew up in Claremore, Oklahoma, where he attended Justus Grade School and…
- Buzz AldrinEdwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. was born on the 20th of January 1930 at Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. His parents were Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr.
- David ScottDavid Randolph Scott was born on the 6th of June, 1932 at Randolph Field near San Antonio, Texas. His father Tom William Scott served as a fighter pilot in…
- Samuel C. PhillipsSamuel Cochran Phillips entered the world on the 19th of February 1921 in Springerville, Arizona. His father worked as an electrician while his mother taught…
- James IrwinJames Benson Irwin was born on the 17th of March 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents were James William Irwin and Elsa Mathilda Irwin.
- William AndersWilliam Alison Anders was born in Hong Kong on the 17th of October 1933. His father served as a United States Navy lieutenant during the Second Sino-Japanese…
- Charles DukeCharles Moss Duke Jr. was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the 3rd of October 1935. He arrived into the world just six minutes before his identical twin…
- Thomas P. StaffordThomas Patten Stafford was born on the 17th of September 1930, in Weatherford, Oklahoma. His father worked as a dentist and his mother had been a teacher…